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...setting as Alfred Tesseron finishes his tour of the Château Pontet-Canet, which is perched on a hill above the legendary Bordeaux wine village of Pauillac. He has talked proudly about how his father bought the château 30 years ago. He has driven his electric cart along the neat rows of vines and pointed out some of his big recent investments: the state-of-the-art water recycling[an error occurred while processing this directive] system, the new storage and bottling barn and the twin rows of conical fermentation vats. Now comes the moment of truth...
...Luxembourg, Canada and elsewhere - touting their labels and looking for new ways to sell. Not everyone has the stomach for a fight. Jean Gazaniol says he hesitated for a long time, but then finally bowed to reality and sold the Château de Parenchère, which his father bought almost 50 years ago. It's a gorgeous 19th century mansion with 65 hectares of vines whose wine is exported to 60 countries. The estate was bought by Per Landin, a Swede who made his fortune trading oil in London and who says he's passionate about wine...
...result, the amplified violin combines with the orchestra to create weird, exotic, and intoxicating harmonies. One might think that after such an endearing tribute to California, Adams has all but forgotten his native East Coast. Yet the second piece on the album is “My Father Knew Charles Ives,” a musical memoir of sorts, recalling his youth in New England. The first movement, “Concord,” opens with a quizzical yet plaintive trumpet solo in a tribute to fellow New England composer Charles Ives. The mood becomes increasingly raucous and festive...
...They don’t understand themselves as actors on this campus and certainly not as community members," says Martin, whose mother and father are union and community organizers, respectively, in Boston. Harvard drives up property prices, drives down wages, and gets out of paying certain taxes, Martin says. "Harvard is not a progressive institution in its actions...
While on trial, convicted 9/11 co-conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui mercilessly baited 9/11 families, insulted court officials, and praised Osama bin Laden as his "father." But behind the absurd antics, one person continued to support him: his mother. She struggled to prevent the conviction and possible execution of a son whose hateful beliefs had turned him into a virtual stranger...